《新编研究生英语系列教程/研究生英语阅读教程（基础级）》具有以下主要特点：
1. 本教材以阅读技巧为主线。该教材在每课开始分别系统地介绍了各项阅读技巧并设计了根据这些技巧的练习。
2. 本教材强化研究生阅读技巧的训练。除了介绍阅读技巧外，本书每课配有A、B两篇阅读课文，课后配有大量练习。
3. 本教材可操作性好。一教材以讲述阅读技巧为主线，每课配有两篇课文和大量的练习，这样可以使教师在教学中有较大的选择性，既可以以阅读技巧为教学重点，也可以以阅读课文、练习或讨论为教学重点。本教材配有《教师用书》为教师提供了大量有关作者和文章的背景知识、语言点的介绍、课文中难句的翻译及练习的答案等，教师可以灵活地组织课堂教学。
4. 本教材也适用于学生自学。
5. 本教材可读性好。
6. 本教材体现英语阅读的真实性。
7. 本教材与北京市研究生英语教学研究会组织的每年一月份和六月份的研究生英语学位课统考紧密结合。
Unit one Efficient Reading
Lesson 1 Developing Your Reading Efficiency
READING SELECTION A: World English: A Blessing or a Curse?
READING SELECTION B: Jumble of Conflicting Language Taboos
Lesson 2 Developing Reading Fiexibility
READING SELECTION A: The New School Children
READING SELECTION B: We're Raising Children, Not Flowers
Lesson 3 Reading Rate
READING SELECTION A: Whupping Fat Albert
READING SELECTION B Paging Dr.Carson
Unit Two Active Reading
Lesson 4 What Is Active Reading?
READING SELECTION A: A Whole Nation and a People
READING SELECTION B: The ideal of Service
Lesson 5 Prereaing
READING SELECTION A: The Functions and Effects of Music
READING SELECTION B: Whose Lead I Should Follow?
Lesson 6 Connections
READING SELECTION A: The Weird World of Tobacco
READING SELECTION B:Drunk Driver's Ed
Unit Three Tachniques for Remembering What You Read
Lesson 7 Improving Your Concentration
Lesson 8 Increasing You Attention Span
Lesson 9 Remembering What You Read
Unit For Techniques for Efficient Reading
Lesson 10 Skimming: Reading for Main Edeas
Lesson 11 Sanning: Rapidly Locating Information
Lesson 12 Techniques for Reading Faster
Unit Five Developing Your Word Power
Lesson 13 Expanding Your Vocabulary(1)
Lesson 14 Expanding Your Vocabulary(2)
Lesson 15 Aids to Vocabulary Development
KEYS TO REANING COMPREHENSION TEST Ⅰ
KEYS TO REANING COMPREHENSION TEST Ⅱ
